Indonesia – Indonesia is officially known as the Republic of Indonesia located in South East Asia and Oceania. The country is an archipelago consisting of 17508 islands. It is spread across 33 provinces and 1 Special Administrative Region. It has an estimated population of approximately 252 million people which makes it the world’s 4th most populous country. The government consists of an elected legislature and a president. The Capital of Indonesia is Jakarta and the country shares its borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia. Its population consists of natives from various ethnic and linguistic groups. The official language is Indonesian. The current president is Joko Widodo. The Rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia.
History of Indonesia
The country has a strategic locational advantage in terms of sea trade which has fostered inter island as well as international trade. Remains of Homo Erectus (popularly known as JAVA Man) and his tools suggest that the island was inhabited by at least 1.5 million years ago. The country was a british colony and has been invaded by the Japanese as well. Hinduism and Buddhism arrived in Indonesia in the 4th and 5th century respectively and the trade relations intensified under the Pallava dynasty.
Around 13th century, the
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The current plan 2009-2014 is focussing in promoting quality human resources, science and technology development and build economic competitiveness. However there are huge barriers to the same as around 10-15% of the population is below poverty line and employment growth is slower than population growth. Indonesia is doing poorly on the Millennium Development Goal target. It still suffers 228 death per 100,000 live births as of 2013 while MDG targets a figure of 105 death of 2015. Sanitation facility is also poor as it covers only 68% of the
Analyze changes and continuities in the commercial life of the Indian Ocean region from 650 CE - 1750 CE Between the post classical era and early modern period the Indian Ocean region underwent many changes and continuities in commerce. The most noticeable changes have to include technological advancement, goods, and superiority over the region; crucial continuities include the continuation of the use of the trade routes and the main purpose it was established for, trade. Naturally, 650-1750 CE covers a large time frame. There were several developments and advancements in technology.
When looking back on the changes and continuities of commerce throughout the Indian Ocean regions from 650 AD to 1750 AD, many noteworthy aspects can be seen. One such continuity was repeated usage of trade routes by different merchants and economic groups to import and export goods. Another significant change was the increase of involvement by European traders. Overtime they began to involve themselves more and more in the Indian Ocean trade networks and even began to colonize land.
From 1500- circa 1600 the Indian Ocean was a flourishing trade center that had various central locations run by some of the most powerful countries at the time. This led to a bulk of issues and a number of benefits. The Portuguese were a very powerful leader of the region and were known for their harsh culture and, almost pirate like in some ways of their customs. Their power and influence made a considerable difference in the culture and regional power throughout trade in the Indian Ocean. The Portuguese transformed maritime trade in the Indian Ocean to a large extent because of the threatening power changes, corrupt trading, and the way the trade goods’ quality transformed over time.
Between 650 and 1750 C.E., the Indian Ocean region became one of the most important centers for trade. During this period, one significant change regarding commerce in this region was the development of new technological advancements that helped facilitate trade. Another major change was the increased involvement of the Europeans in the Indian Ocean commerce shortly after discovering it. Despite these changes, the types of goods traded and the trade routes continued to stay the same.
Indian Ocean trade in the 11th century to the 15th century was crowded by muslim merchants and surrounding countries like Africa and Asia. It was there where they would trade items such as woods, spices, precious gems, and much more. The Indian Ocean trade was known for its very predictable monsoons which allowed traders to travel much faster. The ocean is home to many islands as well as coasts of Africa and Asia. The trade was very peaceful and organized until the dominant Portugal attempted to take the lead in the trading system.
In Afonso de Albuquerque’s book, he have say, “This was the best place to intercept the trade... we would close the Straits so that never again would the Muslims be able to bring their spices by this route... I am very sure that, if this Malacca trade is taken out of their hands, Cairo and Mecca will be completely lost.” This address how the Portuguese are taking out the Muslims from the trade routes. However, Islam have play a key role in the Indian Ocean trade like Ibn Battuta whom according to Berkeley Orias, “main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj, or a Pilgrimage to Mecca, to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islamic...
Although they have their differences, Animal Farm and the Cambodian Genocide are two very similar events because the influences of Animal Farm and the Cambodian Genocide had similar ways of ruling their ‘people’. The Cambodian Genocide was an event in history where a group named the Khmer Rouge gained control of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, and created Labor camps all throughout the countryside where many innocent people died of abuse, starvation, disease, and exhaustion. Firstly, Pol Pot, from the Cambodian Genocide is alike to Napoleon from Animal Farm overall because they both were the absolute rulers, and had similar ways of taking over their empires. Next, Prince Sihanouk and Snowball were similar because they both were originally a
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Rahul Mone Mrs. Marsden ELA Honors I 4 February, 2016 The Cambodian Genocide The genocides of Cambodia and the Holocaust were two major genocides that have changed the history of the world forever. The Cambodian genocide started when the Khmer Rouge attempted to nationalize and centralize the peasant farming society of Cambodia (Quinn 63).
“The bones cannot find peace until the truth they hold in themselves is revealed,” stated by Nhim Selia. This quote refers to the Cambodian Genocide that took place during 1975-1979. This genocide has a lot of background available to those interested in this type of mass killing. Many survivors have given exceptional stories on what they experienced during this cruel period.
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Placing Indonesia's national security as a national
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